Mortgage rates actually increased and have remained a major hurdle for prospective home buyers. Car loans haven't downshifted much, and credit-card annual percentage rates, or APRs, have only crept ...

Aussie house price growth will slow in 2025, compared to the previous year, despite multiple interest rate cuts on the ...

Does Australia's oldest bank think the central bank will cut rates this month? The post Here's when Westpac says the RBA will ...

Geelong home values were off to a slow start in 2025 as the glut of homes fuelled by rising property taxes saw the median ...

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares were mixed over the last week with US shares down as ...

The government keeps campaigning in traditional mode: policy and infrastructure announcements and leaving the 'values' ...

Scientists found a free-living coral species actively travels toward blue light resembling its natural habitat and moves like a jellyfish to migrate.

Apple and other big U.S. companies reporting fatter profits than expected are helping stock indexes shave off more of their sharp losses from the start of the week. The S&P ...

The PCE report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday. The ECB reduced its key interest rate to 2.75% from 3% Thursday, widening a gap in benchmark borrowing costs with the Federal Reserve. It was the fifth ...

Australia's final demand producer price index rose 0.8% quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2024, missing market expectations of 1.0%, which had been an upwardly revised figure for Q3, and marking the ...

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 looks set to end the trading week on a positive note and potentially a fresh record.

A strong employment market, high government spending and weak Aussie dollar could keep the RBA from pushing the button on rate cuts.